Carrier Landings

ACTION

KEYS

WARNING: Practice controlling your rate of descent with the throttle at an altitude of 10,000 ft with a "hard deck" of 5000 feet. Do not attempt shipboard landings until the Rate of Descent (ROD) can be consistently controlled.

Ground radar ON

Shift R

TARGET THE CARRIER

T

OPEN TARGET WINDOW

Shift 4

NOTE To obtain reliable bearing and distance info to the carrier. The carrier will be steaming at 25-30 knots,
so the landing waypoints entered before flight should not be relied on for accurate distance readings.

Fly over the carrier

DOWNWIND

1 mile ABEAM OF CARRIER

Alt

600 FT

Speed

250 KTS

BUFF CHECK

Brakes

OFF

Undercarriage

DOWN

Flaps

DOWN

Fuel

SUFFICIENT

ACTION

KEYS

ARC TO FINAL

30 seconds past the ship, bank left at 3G

Intercept the localiser deviation. Remember that the landing bearing is 10 deg left of the carrier heading,
so travel past the wake during the arc.